An apparatus for and method of remotely controlling electronic devices, such
as
telecommunication equipment attached to telephone lines, test equipment, and/or
home electronics includes a master board (105) having its own IP address
and arranged and constructed to receive (401) instructions via the internet
(103) from a remote terminal (101). The instructions are interpreted
and converted into one or more commands that are directed (405) to a slave
board (113 or 117) that performs, in response to the command(s),
one or more operations on a telephone line and its associated hardware and/or software
(115), a piece of test equipment (125), lights (123), or other
type of electronic device. Any results of the operations may be returned to the
terminal (101).